INTRODUCTION TO FOOD TECHNOLOGY
DEFINITION OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY
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Hedonic (relating to pleasure) descriptors are preference tests used by companies to assess the pleasure the food gives them. Which of the following are hedonic tests?
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Participants use a range facial descriptors ranging from very unhappy to smiling broadly
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Three samples of products are presented for tasting with one being different
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Describing the food using terms such as delicious, yummy, foul, good, revolting ____
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Food is rated on a 9 point scale with 5 being a neutral reaction
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hedonic Scale is a scale that indicates the extent of respondents’ overall liking or disliking for something, e.g. a product they tasted or a concept they viewed (Esomar).
Detailed explanation-2: -The most widely used scale for measuring food acceptability is the 9-point hedonic scale. David Peryam and colleagues developed the scale at the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute of the U.S. Armed Forces, for the purpose of measuring the food preferences of soldiers1.
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